The tag devices serves no purpose. Can we please burninate?
asked Apr 3, 2013 at 22:37
1 Answer
I object. There must be separate tags: one for internal hardware and another one for pluggable hardware: printers, home routers, whatever. Someone would want to subscribe to one, not another. To have a separate tag for any device would make too many of them. [Peripherals] may be good replacement, but just dropping the [device] tag would loose the information and automatic renaming would bring confusion. Just leave it be.
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5We already have individual tags for
printer,scanner,mouse,keyboard,trackpad,usb-hub,docking-station,external-hard-drive,usb-flash-drive,mobile-phone,modem,dongle,monitor,nas,router,wireless-router,wireless-access-point... and probably a lot more I didn't find just now. How isdevicesmore useful, or as useful, as the more specific alternatives? How do you suggest the tag be used? Is it actually used that way?– Daniel Beck ModCommented Apr 8, 2013 at 6:47 -
In pair with individual tag. If I am skilled in that sort of devices, I would like to browse questions on them all, not one by one. On StackOverflow we have tags like [Java] [Python], not only [function] [class] [inheritance]. As long as no hierarhy of tags supported, we should have global and more specific tags side-by-side. By saying this I presume tags are intended to find questions one can answer, not just to omit stating your OS in question text. Commented Apr 8, 2013 at 7:53
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8Isn't
deviceis the equivalent toprogramming-language(as opposed to e.g.framework?).pythonis more likeprinter...– Daniel Beck ModCommented Apr 8, 2013 at 8:08 -
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deviceis so broad it is useless. A programming-language tag is more akin to naming your operating system or architecture, which is actually useful and will be relevant to answering the question.– AmicableCommented Apr 8, 2013 at 10:10 -
So, if I am adept at tinkering all sorts of office appliances (as any small office IT-manager), what tags should I browse to see where I can provide assistance? All of the mentioned tags? What I say is that there must be tag that encompasses all specific tags, like [printer] or [mouse]. Commented Apr 8, 2013 at 11:14
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@BarafuAlbino I don't think that's how tags work. If you browse
device, you will only get questions that are explicitly taggeddevice, notprinterormouse. Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 23:43 -
[devices] can also refer to mobile devices, such as the iPhone, so [peripherals] wouldn't cover it.– Ky -Commented Apr 15, 2013 at 2:43
[peripherals]might be another one. Or[accessories]